The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA), made from many copies of ribosomal DNA (rDNA), is the core component that powers ...

A study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports a major advance in understanding how interactions ...

Wednesday at the home of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy, well into the 4th week of the search for the ...

Christopher Columbus' origin story has a new genetic twist—this time pointing not to Genoa, but to Galician nobility in Spain. A study says DNA from descendants buried in a Seville crypt suggests the ...

Nancy Guthrie’s case remains unsolved as the FBI continues testing DNA evidence with no clear suspect yet.

The Shroud of Turin is a 14.4-foot by 3.6-foot linen cloth bearing the faint, negative image of a crucified man. For centuries, millions have believed it to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus of ...

The landmark DNA analysis is shedding new light on the Shroud of Turin.

Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...